strgen Function

Function:	Generates a string of len length consisting of repeating substrings substr.
Syntax:	strgen(len as byte,byref substr as string) as string
See Also:	---

Part	Description
len	Length of the string to generate
substr	Substring that will be used (repeatedly) to generate the string

Details

Notice that the len parameter specifies the total resulting string length in bytes, so the last substring will be truncated if necessary to achieve the exact required length. This function is an expanded version of the STRING$ function commonly found in other implementations of BASIC.

Examples

Tibbo BASIC

							string1 = strgen(10,"ABC") ' result will be 'ABCABCABCA'.